This week, a column by Barack Obama made appearances on several newspaper opinion pages. I don't know whether he sat down and typed it himself or had it written for him, but I believe he's at least capable of writing it, unlike the guy who previously had his job. At any rate, the prez lays out his thoughts on the the current economic turmoil and his ideas for getting things straightened out.
There are thousands, possibly millions, of fucking dimwits in this country who constantly refer to Obama as a fascist. I read their diatribes in the forums at newspaper websites, and always suspect most of them couldn't define fascism but like the way it sounds.
Personally, I don't buy it. Obama's plans may fail, and if I were betting on it, I'd bet they will. But overall, I agree with the ideas expressed in his op-ed piece and the proposals he outlines sound reasonable to me. When I read the word "fascist" I think of Hitler and Mussolini, and so far, I'm not seeing parallels between Obama and those two.
I often wonder what things would look like today if Ace and Palin had won last November. Would things be significantly better ? Worse ? About the same ? The Republicans may have solutions for every problem. If so, let's hear them. Frankly, I have my doubts.
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